Sarcococca Confusa Christmas Box
Christmas box sweet smelling flowers are enough to make us love a plant forever but sarcococca keeps on giving.
Sarcococca confusa christmas box. A beautiful shrub for shady areas. There are other sweetly scented winter flowers witch hazel. An outstanding choice for dry shade gardens where other plants won t grow. To fully appreciate the fabulous vanilla like fragrance plant in moist well drained soil close to an entrance or path.
Sarcococca confusa sweet box will reach a height of 2m and a spread of 1m after 5 10 years. Sweetly scented pure white flowers from december to march and lustrous dark green leaves. It s extremely tolerant of shade and is therefore perfect for growing in a woodland border or shady corner where you can enjoy its heady fragrance throughout winter. Sarcococca species originate in china and the himalayas and are related to the common box buxus.
Once established water. White spring flowers are small but very fragrant. Fragrant sweet box sarcococca ruscifolia. Genus sarcococca are compact sometimes suckering evergreen shrubs with simple leathery leaves and tiny fragrant creamy white flowers in winter or spring followed by red purple or black berries which may persist into the following winter.
Christmas box sarcococca confusa is a dense winter flowering evergreen shrub bearing sweetly scented pure white blooms in contrast with dark green leaves. They are slow growing plants that spread by suckering shoots gradually forming low growing mounds. Blooms are followed by bright red ornamental fruit. It s dark glossy evergreen leaves bird attracting berries comfort in shady gardens even in dry shade and pest free nature clinch the deal.
Sweet box sarcococca confusa also known as christmas box is a much undervalued exquisitely scented small evergreen. This species a member of the buxaceae family is thought to be native to western china. Suitable for hedges up to 75cm it is an excellent substitute for box especially if box blight is a problem. Announcing their presence with their incredible sweet vanilla fragrance tiny ivory white flowers appear in late winter to early spring somewhat hidden among the dense foliage of glossy slightly rippled dark green leaves.
This wonderful winter flowering dense evergreen shrub is perfect for a shady border or woodland garden. Sweetly scented sarcococca confusa sweet box is a terrific winter flowering evergreen shrub rich of many qualities.